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Partner, senior member of the Taxation practice. Regularly advises on tax aspects of
international business ventures, corporate fi nance and real estate transactions. A leading
advisor to a number of Canada-based multinational groups on the tax structuring of their
global investments. Also represents a number of Canadian public real estate companies,
REITs and real estate funds. Pioneer in the establishment of cross-border REITs and
frequently represents international real estate funds on their investments into Canada.
Frequent speaker at tax conferences. Recognized in ! e Tax Directors Handbook in the
TDH250, its elite list of the world's leading tax advisors; International Tax Review's
World Tax; Chambers Global: ! e World's Leading Lawyers for Business; ! e Best Lawyers
in Canada; ! e Legal 500: Canada; Expert Guides' Guide to the World's Leading Tax
Advisers; Who's Who Legal Canada: Corporate Tax; ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer
Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; Lexpert®/ROB Special Edition on Canada's
Leading Corporate Lawyers; ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory. Ontario, 1980.
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Jeff rey Trossman is a partner who practices in the areas of income tax planning, including
cross-border mergers and acquisitions, inbound and outbound investments, multi-juris-
dictional reorganizations, and the taxation of REITs and investment funds at Blake,
Cassels & Graydon LLP. Represents taxpayers at all levels in the tax appeal process. Writes
and speaks frequently in numerous venues, including the Canadian Tax Foundation, the
International Fiscal Association, the Ontario Bar Association and the International Tax
Review. Member of the faculty for the 2007–2014 Institutes on Tax Aspects of Mergers
& Acquisitions, organized by the Penn State Dickinson School of Law and the New York
City Bar Association. Member of the Joint Committee on Taxation of the Canadian Bar
Association and Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada. Offi cer of the National
Taxation Section of Canadian Bar Association. Recognized as a leading tax practitioner in
several international publications. Admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1991.
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Scott Wilkie is a partner who practices in the area of tax law at Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP. Is one of the most high-profi le tax practitioners in Canada, with expertise
in international taxation, corporate taxation, taxation of fi nancial transactions, transfer
pricing and tax policy. Has written numerous publications and speaks frequently on these
subjects. Vice-chair, Permanent Scientifi c Committee, International Fiscal Association.
Former Chair and Governor of the CTF; former Co-editor of the CTF Canadian Tax
Journal; former Co-chair and Tax Section Liaison of the Tax Committee of the Ameri-
can Bar Association International Law Section; former Chair of the CBA National Tax
Section; former Co-chair of the CBA-CPA Joint Committee on Taxation. Adjunct
Professor (international taxation), Faculty of Law University of Toronto; Adjunct Profes-
sor (international taxation) and Co-director Professional LLM in Tax Law, Osgoode
Hall Law School York University; Executive Fellow, University of Calgary School of
Public Policy. LLB, University of Toronto (1980). Admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1982.
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Partner in Torys' Tax Practice. Also specializes in domestic and international corpo-
rate tax planning, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and
corporate fi nance. He has particular experience advising domestic and foreign fi nancial
institutions. Jerald Wortsman has advised on a number of Canadian and cross-border
acquisitions, divestitures and restructurings, and a number of inbound and outbound
investments and multinational group structures. He has also advised on the structuring
and issuance of various fi nancial instruments and other capital markets activity. Frequent
lecturer and author of several papers on a range of tax topics. Member of the Canadian
Tax Foundation. Ontario Bar, 1991.
John M.
Ulmer
Davies Ward
Phillips &
Vineberg LLP
Tel: (416) 863-5505
Fax: (416) 863-0871
Toronto
Jeffrey C.
Trossman
Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP
Tel: (416) 863-4290
Toronto
J. Scott
Wilkie
Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP
Tel: (416) 863-2948
Toronto
Jerald M.
Wortsman
Torys LLP
Tel: (416) 865-7384
Fax: (416) 865-7380
Toronto
julmer@dwpv.com
jeff rey.trossman@blakes.com
scott.wilkie@blakes.com
jwortsman@torys.com
